niightly/push-notification

Several configuration to allow a Node server to send a push notification

IBM Push Notification (Hybrid [iOS and Android]) [WiP]

This module will allow you to send push notification to iOS and Android devices without depending from other stuff.

This module aren't finished yet, we are building / testing it the usage is not recommended

Prerequisite

Since this module uses features available after Node7, it is required of the module usage, so we decide to put the version used to build this module as starter:

• Node 7.10.0 or higher;

Dependencies

Since this module communicate with other server it will install the module below:

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Installation

npm install ibm-push-notification

Parameters

Initialization

Here follow the params used on the client initialization

Property	Type	Required	Description
ios	Object	True	Holds the initilization parameters used on
android	Object	True	Holds the initilization parameters used on

Notification

The notification parameters will be the same defined on iOS / Android individually (but since iOS has more parameters than android, consider to use iOS model):

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Usage

This module allow you to work with both notifications or if you are working with just one platform (android/ios) you can require just what u

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• Hybrid, just keep reading :D

Create the client

Below you can see several different ways to create your push client

//Read the ios readme for more details about possibilities when initializing a client.
const ios = {
    p12: '/path/to/Certificate.p12',
    password: 'test',
    bundle: 'com.yourapp.bundle'
}
const android = {
    key: 'here-goes-your-google-client-key'
}

const PushNotification = require('ibm-push-notification')({ ios, android })

Send the Push Notification

After create the client for the push notification, you can send it anytime following the examples below:

One device only

Here is an example about how to send the notification to one device only

Only Mandatory Params

const ios = {
    p12: '/path/to/Certificate.p12',
    password: 'test',
    bundle: 'com.yourapp.bundle'
}
const android = {
    key: 'here-goes-your-google-client-key'
}
const PushNotification = require('ibm-push-notification')({ ios, android })

async function sendNotification(message) {
    try {    
        return await PushNotification.send({
            notification: message
        }, { ios: <DEVICE_ID>, android: <DEVICE_ID> })
    } catch (err) {
        throw err
    }
}

Custom Properties

const ios = {
    p12: '/path/to/Certificate.p12',
    password: 'test',
    bundle: 'com.yourapp.bundle'
}
const android = {
    key: 'here-goes-your-google-client-key'
}
const PushNotification = require('ibm-push-notification')({ ios, android })

async function sendNotification(message) {
    try {    
        return await PushNotification.send({
            aps: { badge:3, sound:"bingbong.aiff" },
            notification: { title: "Foo", body: "Bar" },
            priority: 5,
            expiration: 0
        }, { ios: <DEVICE_ID>, android: <DEVICE_ID> })
    } catch (err) {
        throw err
    }
}

Multiple devices

Here is an example about how to send the notification to multiple devices (same message)

Only Mandatory Params

const ios = {
    p12: '/path/to/Certificate.p12',
    password: 'test',
    bundle: 'com.yourapp.bundle'
}
const android = {
    key: 'here-goes-your-google-client-key'
}
const PushNotification = require('ibm-push-notification')({ ios, android })

async function sendNotification(message) {
    try {    
        return await PushNotification.send({
            notification: message
        }, { ios: [<DEVICE_ID_1>, <DEVICE_ID_2>], android: [<DEVICE_ID_3>, <DEVICE_ID_4>] })
    } catch (err) {
        throw err
    }
}

Custom Properties

const ios = {
    p12: '/path/to/Certificate.p12',
    password: 'test',
    bundle: 'com.yourapp.bundle'
}
const android = {
    key: 'here-goes-your-google-client-key'
}
const PushNotification = require('ibm-push-notification')({ ios, android })

async function sendNotification(message) {
    try {    
        return await PushNotification.send({
            aps: { badge:3, sound:"bingbong.aiff" },
            notification: { title: "Foo", body: "Bar" },
            priority: 5,
            expiration: 0
        }, { ios: [<DEVICE_ID_1>, <DEVICE_ID_2>], android: [<DEVICE_ID_3>, <DEVICE_ID_4>] })
    } catch (err) {
        throw err
    }
}

Authors

• Adriano - Initial Work -
• Night - Review and Improvements -